When President Obama declared that we should try diplomacy with Iran before war, it was fascinating, and a little disconcerting, to watch…
It need not take one US soldier to attack and kill 16 Afghan civilians, including nine children, to remind us that war is horrible. The…
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Book abstract: These two volumes survey the most important scholarly writings in economics and political science that explain the drivers…
Applause is in order. The Kabuki theater is over. Last week’s annual meeting of the American-Israeli Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC,…
As they have before in the aftermath of financial crises or wars, governments and central banks are increasingly resorting to a form of “…
This year’s presidential campaign in the United States has been marked by calls from Barack Obama’s would-be Republican challengers for a…
Dust off your banjos, because “Charlie on the MTA,’’ the old song bemoaning Boston-area transit fares, is timely once again. Facing a…
In a previous essay – following the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP-17) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (…
It is de rigueur these political days to claim that anything Massachusetts does is bad for the nation as a whole. Health care aside, a new…